A key insight of a transdisciplinary perspective on second language acquisition (SLA) as
articulated by the Douglas Fir Group (2016) is its usage‐based understanding of language …

Background: International guidelines recommend that primary care clinicians recognize
obesity and offer treatment opportunistically, but there is little evidence on how clinicians can …

In this article I review conversation analytic work on “atypical interaction”—social interactions
where a participant has a communicative impairment. Drawing together some of the main …

Background: Twenty-five per cent of hospital beds are occupied by a person living with
dementia. Dementia affects expressive communication and understanding. Health-care …

This article introduces the special issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction
organized around the theme “Opening and Maintaining Face-to-Face Interaction.” The …

Previous conversation analytic research has documented various aspects of preference
organization and the ways dispreference is displayed in relation to pedagogical focus in L2 …

It is commonly assumed that teasing is restricted to encounters among intimates or close
acquaintances. As a result of examining initial interactions among (American and Australian) …

A quarter of UK acute hospital beds are occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD).
Concerns have been raised by both policy makers and carers about the quality of …

How do conversational participants continue with turn-by-turn talk after a momentary lapse?
If all participants forgo the option to speak at possible sequence completion, an extended …

Openings of interaction are critical for maintaining social relationships. We explore the
practices of managing openings in a situation where parents are separated from their …